Eregion's Trails (1C104)

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Eregion's Trails (1C104) is a Gondor Event from the Fellowship of the Ring set.

EN Nonfoil First Edition EN Foil First Edition DE Nonfoil First Edition DE Foil First Edition FR Nonfoil First Edition FR Foil First Edition IT Nonfoil First Edition IT Foil First Edition ES Nonfoil First Edition ES Foil First Edition PL Nonfoil First Edition PL Foil First Edition PT Nonfoil First Edition PT Foil First Edition ZH Nonfoil First Edition ZH Foil First Edition

Collection Info Title Eregion's Trails Unique No Collectible Yes Set 1 - The Fellowship of the Ring Rarity C - Common Card Number 104 Language EN - English Revision 0

Gameplay Info Playable Yes Culture Gondor Side Free Peoples Card Type Event Twilight Cost 1 Game Text Maneuver: Exert a ranger to make each roaming minion strength -3 until the regroup phase. Lore “Guided by Aragorn they struck a good path. It looked to Frodo like the remains of an ancient road, that had once been broad and well planned....”

Translations DE - German Card Name Eregions Pfade Game Text Manöver: Strenge einen Waldläufer an, um allen wandernden Dienern bis zur Sammelphase Stärke -3 zu geben. Lore Unter Führung von Aragorn fanden sie einen guten Weg. Frodo kam es vor, als sei er ein Überbleibsel einer alten Strasse..., die einst breit und gut angelegt gewesen war. ES - Spanish Card Name Los Senderos de Eregion Game Text Maniobra: Esfuerza un montaraz para que cada siervo que este vagando tenga fuerza -3 hasta la fase de reagrupación. Lore “Guiados por Aragorn encontraron un buen sendero. Le pareció a Frodo que eran los restos de un antiguo camino, en otro tiempo ancho y bien trazado...” FR - French Card Name Les Pistes d'Eregion Game Text Manœuvre : Affaiblissez un rôdeur pour donner à chaque séide errant -3 en force jusqu’à la phase de ralliement. Lore “Guidés par Aragorn, ils trouvèrent un bon sentier. Il sembla à Frodon que c'étaient les restes d'une ancienne route, qui avait été large et bien tracée....” IT - Italian Card Name Sentieri di Eregion Game Text Manovra: Sforza un Ramingo per sottrarre -3 alla forza di ogni servitore vagante fino alla fase di raccolta. Lore “Sotto la guida di Aragorn si avviarono per un buon sentiero, che a Frodo parve di un'antica strada in passato ampia e ben progettata....” PL - Polish PT - Portuguese ZH - Chinese

Technical Info Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN01S104.0 TLHH ID LOTR01104 GEMP ID 1_104 LOTRO Hex ID 48 2A F4 LOTRO Image ID 01_104

Strategy

A fringe strategy against [Sauron] or [Isengard] Uruk-Hai minions in the Fellowship of the Ring block, Eregion's Trails has some use early in a game while the Free Peoples player is setting up his or her Fellowship. For the cost of exerting a ranger during the maneuver phase, each roaming minion loses -3 strength through the regroup phase. When caught without a Ranger's Sword or Blade of Gondor early in the game, Eregion's Trails can make the difference between a win and a lost skirmish; however, the card becomes useless as soon as a minion is no longer roaming. Against Nazgul or Dunland, this can mean a dead card in a difficult match-up, making traditional skirmish pumps like Swordsman of the Northern Kingdom or War and Valor more traditional choices for strength modifiers.

Eregion's Trails received a bit of a boost with the Return of the King base set, as Second Level and Gondorian Merchant allowed the Free Peoples player to make a minion roaming during the maneuver phase. Fellowship Block cards like What Are They? and Eregion's Trails revived these somewhat forgotten cards.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strong Versus...

• Minions with high site numbers, like [Sauron] minions or Shelob
• Early in the game
• Best in concordance with Second Level and Gondorian Merchant in Movie Block

Weak Versus...

• Nazgul and other low-site minions
• Battle of Helms Deep [Sauron] minions like Orc Patrol and Orc Cutthroat, who lower minion site numbers
• Bill Ferny, swarthy Sneering Fellow
• Mid-game, when the card becomes dead weight in a hand
• Directed wounding, as exerting a ranger can be a high cost against cards like Hate or Relentless Charge

Rulings

• Eregion's Trails has limited use in Fellowship Block, Towers Block, and Towers Standard, as the card is subject to the "snapshot effect." This means that when the card is played, only minions roaming at that point are subject to the strength -3 effect of the text. With the introduction of the Return of the King set, cards like Gondorian Merchant and Second Level allowed the Free Peoples player to increase a minion's site number during maneuver, giving this card fringe usefulness in that block.